Volatile substance misuse among street children in upper Egypt

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 35-39

  Elkoussi, Alaaeldin ^a,c   Bakheet, Sayed ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b University of Assiut   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

adolescents; Egypt; glue; Inhalants; street children; toluene; volatile substance misuse

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INHALANT ABUSE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

EID: 79957598654     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.580202     Document Type: Article

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